SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Announcement 2005–88, page 1145. This announcement solicits applications from potential partners to participate in the 2006 IRS Individual e-file Partnership Program. The partnership opportunities support RRA 98 which requires the IRS to receive 80% of all returns electronically by 2007. RRA 98 authorized the IRS Commissioner to promote the benefits and encourage the use of e-file services through partnerships with various entities that offer low cost tax preparation and electronic filing of income tax returns for qualified taxpayers. Applicants that are accepted as partners will have a link(s) and description(s) of their services placed on irs.gov (IRS e-file Partners Page).